The Ides of March. A New Historical Thriller by Valerio Massimo Manfredi
On March 23 novelist, archeologist, topographer of the ancient world and screenplay writer Valerio Massimo Manfredi presented his latest historical thriller, The Ides of March, to a packed house at the Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago
Uomini e simboli su Morris Park Avenue
La comunità Italo-Americana del Bronx, dove la lingua madre non è nè l'inglese, nèlo spagnolo, ma il Calabrese. Scotch & Water e una partita di carte con quelli de "La Vera Leggenda di Tony Vilar", un pomeriggio insieme, le novità, le storie...e poi ognuno per la sua strada...
March 29, 2010
I’m Italian-American: Being a “guido” doesn’t bother me because I’m not
Here we go again! Italian-Americans cannot read popular culture's lips
Pope dismisses 'petty gossip' of sexual abuse allegations In Palm Sunday address pope says faith in God leads 'towards the cou
GUARDIAN. Pope Benedict XVI waves to pilgrims as he arrives at Saint Peter's Square in the Vatican to celebrate Palm Sunday mass. Photograph: Vincenzo Pinto/AFP/Getty Images
Pope Benedict, facing the worst crisis of his papacy as a sexual abuse scandal sweeps the Catholic church, declared today he would not be "intimidated" by "petty gossip", angering activists who say he has done too little to stamp out paedophilia. (Read the article)
My Big Break Was a Humble Job in Hollywood.
People often ask, "How do you break into show biz?"
I think I've discovered the answer.
Saving "Our Lady Of Loreto." Italian Americans and African Americans Join Forces in Protest
On March 26th, the front page of The New York Times online edition presented the case of the "Our Lady Of Loreto" church in Brooklyn. Residents have long been fighting the decision of the Diocese to demolish this historical monument, built by Italian immigrants in the early 1900s, in order to build in its place low income housing.
Las Vegas Italian Americans concerned about mob museum
THE LAS VEGAS SUN. Local attorney Dominic Gentile, a leader in the Italian-American community, is concerned about the city’s mob museum under construction in downtown Las Vegas. ... Will the museum perpetuate negative stereotypes about Italians? Will it glorify the culture of organized crime and lead young people to falsely believe that the mob built Las Vegas? Museum officials have insisted they’re not trying to glorify the mob and that the facts about the mob speak for themselves. (Read more...)
March 26, 2010
Le mille luci del Natale
Alessandra Grandi
La primavera stra arrivando, ma ricordo ancora il freddo e lo stupore di quando ho visto il Natale di Dyker Heights...
March 26, 2010
Poets Salon: Rainbow Book Fair, Sat., March 27th at CUNY Graduate Center
Not Just a Personal Ad, written by Vittoria repetto, was published by Guernica Editions in Fall, 2006.
Vittoria repetto, author of Not Just a Personal Ad, joins a long list of poets who will read at the Rainbow Book Fair at CUNY Graduate Center Fifth Avenue and 34th St., NYC, Sat., March 27, 11:30 am-5 pm. She will read in the 11:30 am -12:30 pm slot.
More Than Meatballs. Encounters With Celebrity Chefs, Foodies and the Universal Italian-American Bond of Our Cuisine
Food brings Americans together, especially those of Italian ancestry...
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